- Today in 1964, Country Music Hall of Fame member, Jim Reeves, died when his single-engine Beechcraft plane crashed near Nashville, Tennessee.
- Today in 1985, Patsy Cline’s “Greatest Hits” album was certified gold.
- Today in 1991, Travis Tritt’s single, “Country Club,” went platinum
- Today in 1992, Brooks & Dunn topped the charts with “Boot Scootin’ Boogie.”
- Today in 1995, Alabama’s “Greatest Hits” album was certified for sales of 4-million and their “Greatest Hits II” was certified platinum.
- Today in 1995, the single, “You’re Gonna Miss Me,” by Brooks & Dunn hit #1.
- Today in 1998, the Dixie Chicks garnered the first #1 hit of their career when “There’s Your Trouble” topped “Radio & Records” country chart.
- Today in 2000, Faith Hill received a nomination from the 2000 “VH1 Vogue Fashion Awards” in the “Most Fashionable Artist – Female” category. Nominated with artists like Toni Braxton, Janet Jackson and Jennifer Lopez, Faith was the only country artist to be tapped in any category.
- Today in 2000, it was announced that Brooks & Dunn, Lee Greenwood, Lorrie Morgan and Hank Williams Jr. were on the bill as performers for the Republican National Convention.
- Today in 2001, Blake Shelton’s single, “Austin,” topped the charts – as his self-titled debut album was released. One year later on the same day, the CD was certified gold.
- Today in 2001, Cyndi Thomson’s debut album, “My World,” arrived in stores.
- Today in 2002, Toby Keith’s “Unleashed” album debuted at the top of “Billboard’s” country and pop album charts. But that’s not all. Fans snapped up just over 338,000 copies during its first week of release, which gave Toby his first #1 album on the all-genre “Billboard” Top 200 chart.
- Today in 2002, the Dixie Chicks taped their episode of “CMT Crossroads” with James Taylor in Nashville.
- Today in 2006, Jason Aldean’s single, “Why,” was certified gold.
- Today in 2017, Apple Music launches a commercial for a weekly series, “Carpool Karaoke,” with Willie Nelson’s “On The Road Again” playing behind cameos by Miley Cyrus, James Corden, Blake Shelton, Sheryl Crow and Dierks Bentley.
- Today in 2017, Florida Georgia Line’s “Smooth” single hit the airwaves.
- Today in 2017, Joe Nichols posted a collaborative video teaming him with rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot on the rap classic, “Baby Got Back.”
- Today in 2019, Morgan Wallen single, “Whiskey Glasses,” was certified platinum by the RIAA.
- Today in 2019, Chris Stapleton celebrated a platinum single from the RIAA for “Millionaire,” and scored two multi-platinum singles: a double-platinum nod for”Broken Halos” and “Tennessee Whiskey?” It was certified six-times platinum.
- Today in 2021, Willie Nelson performed during a voting-rights rally at the Texas State Capitol in Austin at the close of a four-day march.
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